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Recap of ERE SocialRecruiting Summit
[Talent Function]
November 24th, 2009 | by Chris Hoyt
If the location wasn’t enough to get you interested in attending the Social Recruiting event in New York last week, then the familiar names within the recruiting/staffing industry should have been. With heavy hitters like Sumser, Crispin, and Burnett pitching the latest on stats and trends around Social Recruiting we could have walked away happy to have attended. What Manaster, his ERE crew and the attendees (because the attendees were VITAL to the success) put together pushed upwards that bar that we’ll likely measure events from going forward…read more

Reaching The Social Recruiting Summit in NYC
[TheHighTechRecruiter]
November 22nd, 2009 | by Chernee Vitello
All in all, it was a great day. I got my cupcake fix in, and I was able to learn how others in the industry are taking advantage of the technologies available to us. I enjoyed learning from these people and also reveled in the fact that our willingness to be early adopters positions us for much greater success moving forward…read more

#socialrecruiting – a glimpse of conferences to come
[PeopleShark]
November 20th, 2009 | by Carmen Hudson
Back from NYC, where we attended the ERE Social Recruiting Summit. I was there as a vendor (Tweetajob sponsored lunch), a speaker (I had 10 minutes to Keep It Real, and moderated an unconference session) and as an attendee. I am still buzzing from the energy that emanated from the participants. Sure, the topic was social media, so a certain amount of excitement was a given. The conference framework, however, was the catalyst for a different level of engagement…read more

Social Recruiting can’t make a bad workplace look good
[thesalesenabler.com]
November 20th, 2009 | by Jeff Ernst
I was able to catch several of the sessions from Monday’s #SocialRecruiting Summit via the video stream, and couldn’t help but be impressed by some of the great examples of ways companies are using social media for recruiting…read more

NYC Goes Social #socialrecruiting
[imsocorporate.com]
November 19th, 2009 | by Sarah White
To start, I have to say a huge thank you to the ERE crew for putting on such an amazing event and a huge congratulations to Laurie Ruettimann for being a gracious and entertaining chairwoman…read more

Seekers are from Mars, Recruiters from Venus
[careerlifeconnection.com]
November 18th, 2009 | by Leanne Chase
After a great weekend in New York and a really fun, informative, idea-filled day at the Social Recruiting Summit on Monday I’m still processing many of the conversations I had and sessions I saw…read more

#socialrecruiting summit – nyc – 11.16.09
[nasrecruitment.com/blog]
November 18th, 2009 | by Tara Rapucci
On Monday, November 16, Caroline Slomski and I attended the Social Recruiting Summit in New York City. ERE marketed the conference as “a recruiting event experience unlike anything you have ever seen” and it did not disappoint…read more

Social Recruiting Summit in NY? Sodexo Was There.
[sodexocareersblog.com]
November 18th, 2009 | by Kerry Noone
It was a great day filled with new ideas and many “a-ha” moments and lots of live tweeting…read more

Social Recruiting Summit: My Take Away: How-To Build a Social Recruiting Strategy “Dashboard”
[blog.alstin.com]
November 18th, 2009 | by Jennifer Hitchens-Greenfield
The Social Recruiting Summit in New York City on Monday was a great event—from the networking TweetUp event at Bar 657 sponsored by Monster to the final conference session given by Jessica Lee…read more

Thoughts on the Social Recruiting summit in NYC
[Recruitment Marketing Innovation, Technology & Ideas]
November 18th, 2009
I didn’t actually attend the event, I watched live stream, and was using TweetDeck to follow the live tweets using the #socialrecruiting hash tag…read more

2009 Social Recruiting Summit
[The HR Farmer]
November 18th, 2009 | by Keith McIlvaine
On Monday, November 16th in New York City, the Social Recruiting Summit took place amongst a great crowd of presenters and attendees. The energy was high and social media/social networking was on everyone’s mind…read more

3 Reasons Why Pinstripe Sponsored the #socialrecruiting Summit
[pinstripetalent.com]
November 18th, 2009 | by Barry Diamond
As our team traveled back from New York to Milwaukee, we discussed our sponsorship in some detail. It was unanimous that sponsoring the Social Recruiting Summit was an excellent decision…read more

Social Recruiting Summit: Lessons Learned
[socialprecision.com]
November 17th, 2009 | by Jenny DeVaughn
When an event has Laurie Ruettimann as the Chairwoman, a list of unbelievable speakers, attendees from all over the world, quick hit sessions and is located in the city that never sleeps, my expectations are high. The Social Recruiting Summit did not disappoint. Here are a few of the insights that continue to resonate with me…read more

Social Media Summit: Moving Learning to Another Level
[The CareerXroads Annex]
November 17th, 2009 | by Gerry Crispin
ERE’s Social Recruiting Summit (#socialrecruiting), held in New York yesterday [Monday, Nov 17] was a another milestone in the evolution of niche, community-focused experiences that may eventually change the way we think about “conferences”- how we approach them as attendees and how their “owners” monetize them…read more

Social Recruiting Summit: Favorite Take Aways
[blog.alstin.com]
November 17th, 2009 | by Annette DeHaven
What a great conference. Before it even started, I noted to those sitting around me that in all honesty, this was the first conference I actually begged asked to go to…read more



To check out some writeups after the 1st #socialrecruiting summit which took place in Mountain View, CA in June, 2009 click here

To continue to educate you on our wonderful sponsors for next week’s #socialrecruiting summit, we have put this video together to introduce you to Pinstripe’s CEO Sue Marks. Make sure you to track down the Pinstripe team next week and say hello!

And check out this video below.

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With the #socialrecruiting summit just a few days away, ERE’s CEO David Manaster took a few minutes to sit down (virtually of course) with summit sponsor KODA’s CEO & C0-Founder Jeff Berger and learn a bit more about the up & coming company. Check out the video below, and make sure to meet Jeff & the rest of his team when you are in NY next week.

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With the New York City #socialrecruiting summit less than a month away, it is now time for you to make your voice heard and shape your own conference (or should I say unconference) experience.

While one of the tracks features a somewhat structured agenda led by our tremendous session leaders, the 2nd track of the summit, the unconference track, has no agenda. So it is up to you as an attendee to decide what should be discussed.

So to that end, we have set up an EtherPad (which happens to be a tremendous free tool to use for collaborative projects like this!) You can make updates to the document embedded in this blog post or on the EtherPad site. Wherever you make the edits, you will be able to see them in real time any place the pad is displayed.

Here’s how it works:

1. If you would like to suggest a topic, post it below along with your name, company, and contact details.
2. If you would like to vote on a previously suggested topic, just copy and paste it below the original and add your name and details.
3. If you suggest a topic; make sure you are prepared to lead the discussion if it is selected. This does not mean that you must be an expert on that topic, you just have to be willing to lead a meaningful conversation with your peers!

The topics which receive the most votes will be brought to NYC on a whiteboard where the voting will continue to decide which sessions will be held, so add as many topics as you think you would be interested in talking about. And if you would like to post this EtherPad to your own blog, just copy and paste this piece of code:

<iframe width="600" height="400" src="http://etherpad.com/9uvQ3r68JH?fullScreen=1&sidebar=0"></iframe>

Posted by Laurie Ruettimann (@lruettimann)

I’m so excited to chair the upcoming #socialrecruiting summit. If you are like me, you are telling your friends and colleagues about the upcoming event in NYC. If you are like me, you have to stop and explain exactly what social recruiting means in the talent management world.

Michael Specht wrote a great post, several months ago, with a simple and concise definition of social recruiting.

• Using social media tools as part of recruiting.
• Building a community of potential candidates.
• Engaging with candidates as people not numbers.

Can anyone do better than that? Do we have a universal definition for the act of social recruiting?

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About five months ago, in the midst of the worst economy we have seen in over 80 years and with very little fanfare, we announced that we would be hosting a new event for our industry, the first ever #socialrecruiting summit.

Our industry has been embracing new social media tools for years, but the debate has always raged strong whether it is anything more than hype. However, after the announcement, and with no real marketing other than spreading the word through social media channels, the event sold out in just six weeks and generated a waiting list of over 80 people trying to get into the event. All of this happening during a time when the conference and trade show industry was seeing a decline in attendance upwards of 40%. This was an obvious testament to the need for information sharing and discussion on social recruiting topics.

So, on June 15 in Silicon Valley, 225 recruiters and industry professionals were joined by thousands of others who participated in a live stream and online chat, to move beyond the hype and share stories about what is already producing results and how we can successfully incorporate these tools in our recruiting strategy.

The feedback from those in attendance showed that while this first event was a step in the right direction, there are still many unanswered questions and a need for more discussion and information sharing.

So to that end, we are excited to announce that we have secured the dates and location for the next #socialrecruiting summit, to take place in New York City on November 16.

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I think it is safe to say that an incredible shared experience was had by the 225 people at the Google HQ, the thousands more who participated in the live stream and chat, and those who contributed to over 1200 tweets on June 15 alone!

But there is nothing like first hand accounts from those in the audience to get a feel for what took place at the first ever Social Recruiting Summit.

Here are some of what has been written by the participants. If you have something to add or are in the process of writing your own post about your experience, please leave a link to it in the comments section to this post. Hopefully we can do a follow up in a few weeks with additional links to those accounts.

• From Paul Jacobs, who won the award for the longest and most roundabout trip over from New Zealand (which included 4 stops along the way!). Read his thoughts about the summit here.
• From Jenny DeVaughn, who did an unbelievable job, along with Kathleen Smith & our friends at Jobscience, in organizing the pre-summit tweetup. Her thoughts here.
• Here are Brett Farmiloe from Jobing’s notes from the summit.
• Michael Specht, who also made the long trek over from Down Under shared his thoughts here.
• Jennifer McClure, aka CincyRecruiter, shared her thoughts here in a vlog entry.
• Another member of the jet set attendee base, Matt Alder who came over from the UK, shared his thoughts here.
• One of our session leader Chris Hoyt, aka The Recruiter Guy, shared some of his thoughts, along with a video and slides from the presentation that he and Michael Marlatt gave on mobile recruiting. Check it out here.
• Julian Seery Gude shared his thoughts on Shannon’s presentation here.
  

In case you missed any of the sessions, or just want to go back and take another look, here are some videos and recordings that took place at the Google campus earlier this week. Unfortunately, a few of them weren’t able to be archived, so for that I apologize.

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Over two hundred of us will soon be converging on the Googleplex for the very first Social Recruiting Summit. You’ve seen the agenda. You already know there is a fantastic mix of speakers and that each of them has their own unique lens they’ll be bringing to social recruiting. Each of the breakout sessions is designed to bring you into the conversation so be ready to join in! But, there’s one more very important element in the mix of speakers – YOU!  Yes, YOU!  

Everyone attending the Social Recruiting Summit is invited to submit their ideas and lead a discussion.  The evolution of an idea is nurtured through diverse voices – and you’ll have plenty of voices to draw from.  As ideas are nurtured they morphe into something even more incredible then you may have originally imagined.  What ideas do you have?  How will they be shaped, grow wings and eventually take flight?  

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ERE’s CEO, David Manaster, recently caught up with Ted Elliott of Jobscience, a proud sponsor of the upcoming Social Recruiting Summit. Elliott, the CEO of Jobscience, took some time with us to discuss the increasing importance of social recruiting, what Jobscience is doing to take advantage of these trends, and how they are utilizing tools such as the iPhone to revolutionize candidate relationship management. Watch the interview below to learn more and don’t forget to watch our live stream of the Social Recruiting Summit on June 15th!

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